The Victory Services Club, a registered charity, has two objectives. The first, is to promote military efficiency and esprit de corps by bringing together members of the Armed Forces of the Crown, former members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and members of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth and Foreign countries with whom they are currently allied and by improving the conditions of life of such persons.  It’s second objective is to relieve need, hardship or distress among persons who have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependants. 

The charity was founded in 1907 by Major Arthur Haggard when he returned from the Boer War having served with the Army Service Corps.  In London, he witnessed the poverty of demobilised soldiers and the impact on their families and felt he needed to commit himself to their well being.  The Club was then known as the Veterans’ Club and was located in Holborn in two rooms above the Cittae of York pub.  (The pub is still standing and in business.)